He stole nothing. He received classified documents from Bradley Manning, whose conscience overwhelmed him, forcing him to expose the crimes of the US government. Daniel Ellsberg did essentially the same thing with the Pentagon Papers, revealing the crimes and lies of the US government. Those without conscience cannot appreciate what Ellsberg, Manning and Assange have done. They should be decorated for valor.
You confuse a Star Chamber Kangaroo Court and a real trial in accordance with democratic principles, but I'm not surprised in the least.
Eat your heart out. Indictments and possible extradition to the US According to the indictment, Assange was accused of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion in order to assist Chelsea Manning gaining access to privileged information which he intended to publish on WikiLeaks.
Oh please just shove the friggin tosser in prison and be done with all this piss in the wind bullshit